Kathy has been writing since high school, from creative to reporting. In college, she wrote and edited for the school newspaper. Professionally, she has written uncountable press releases, as well as program articles and marketing materials. Currently, Kathy writes online for eHow and LiveSTRONG through Demand Media. While capable of writing for a wide range of businesses, her expertise and passion lie in pets, sports, hospitality and history. She enjoys helping a company market, promote or entertain.

Craft

Legal

Pets

Press Release

Sports

Article

Hospitality

Travel

Food

Kathleen M's Food Industry Experience

9 Projects Completed

Kathy enjoys writing non-recipe articles that explore fun ways to use food. Her personal experience in cooking for herself gives her insight into creative ideas for meals for one. Extensive catering and party planning experience provides her with a solid background in more elaborate menus and their presentation.

Specialties

Kathy specializes in writing essays, press releases and descriptions. She also has a good deal of experience writing feature articles and tag lines.

Interests

In partnership with her love of writing, Kathy's favorite pasttime is reading. This, in turn, allows her to learn about topics with which she may otherwise have remained unfamiliar. Her love of animals led her to a career in dog training and to establish a pet sitting business. Kathy has worked in professional sports for almost 20 years and has an affinity for baseball.

Education

Loyola University of Chicago

Kathy spent two and a half years as a student at Loyola University, studying communications with the intention of getting into broadcasting. She learned an unbelievable amount about writing, reporting, editing and journalism there. Reasons outside of academics led her to transfer in her junior year, but she left Loyola with a 3.8 GPA in their Honors Program.

Elizabethtown College

Kathy graduated with Honors in Communications at Elizabethtown and missed Magna Cum Laude by a few credits lost when she transferred schools her junior year. Editing, reporting and broadcasting were a big part of her college experience, but she began to focus on public relations during her senior year.

Animal Behavior College

Kathy turned her love of dogs into a part-time career by studying with ABC. It's given her so much insight to these wonderful creatures, and she embraces any chance she gest to share that knowledge with others, whether through training classes or articles.

Pets

188 Projects Completed, Elite Badge Awarded

Dogs are Kathy's passion. She trains them (and their owners) and articles to help people achieve the best relationship with their pets are her favorite assignments. Kathy's professional experience includes obedience training, behavioral problem solving, grooming and diet recommendations, as well a working with children and dogs.

Travel

78 Projects Completed

Kathy has written dozens of resort descriptions for use in travel agency marketing. The challenge she finds in these tasks is to make each resort stand out and not sound like the other locations with similar settings and offerings. Writing these pieces also serves as a mental escape to these wonderful destinations.

Hospitality

50 Projects Completed

Having organized many events, Kathy looks forward to writing about party planning ideas and the like. She has years of experience in catering, from set up and decor to execution and service. Kathy also has extensive experience in planning company, church, community and family outings through her work with professional sports teams.

Sports

24 Projects Completed, Elite Badge Awarded

Much of Kathy's sports-related writing has been through a full-time salaried position for various baseball teams and aren't included in the number listed here. Press releases, marketing materials and program articles were the bulk of the work over the course of 10 years. In addition, she's recently written articles on injuries, agents, scouting and Little League equipment.

Legal

15 Projects Completed

Kathy spent a year in the marketing department of a law office, writing and designing the materials for a 150+ lawyer firm. Her journalism education provided her with a solid knowledge of legal ethics. Her ongoing interest in the law continues to spur her personal research into the field.

Craft

12 Projects Completed

While an avid crafter at home, Kathy never wrote about it until recently. She finds these articles to be some of the most fun to research. From Christmas decorations and do-it-yourself gifts, to wedding favors and home decor, offering creative ideas and clear instructions is what attracts Kathy to these articles.

Food

9 Projects Completed

Kathy enjoys writing non-recipe articles that explore fun ways to use food. Her personal experience in cooking for herself gives her insight into creative ideas for meals for one. Extensive catering and party planning experience provides her with a solid background in more elaborate menus and their presentation.

Article

307 Projects Completed

In addition to hundreds of online articles, Kathy has written numerous articles for sports programs. With over a decade of experience working for professional sports teams, she's had opportunity to write feature articles, game and season summaries as well as informational articles geared toward the fan experience. Kathy's online experience covers a wide range of topics including sports, entertaining, dog training, legal matters and nutrition articles.

Press Release

200 Projects Completed

Kathy has written press releases for various minor league baseball teams from 1994-2004. Topics covered marketing campaigns, promotional events and personnel and player changes. In 1994, she successfully focused on promoting a team fighting for media coverage in the Philadelphia-metropolitan area. The next several years offered Kathy opportunities to be creative in dealing with the press, promoting teams that dominated a smaller market. Her final years in minor league baseball brought her to a club struggling to find it's place with the local media in Los Angeles and San Diego.